Welcome to Kibera

KIBERA SLUM Kenya is a country in the Eastern part of Africa with 42 tribes in total. It also has other tribes and races from all over the world. Kibera is the largest slum in Kenya in Nairobi province and is a home to an estimated 1.2 million people. It is an illegal settlement with no government services such as electricity, water, or sewage. Most people who live here are poor and unemployed, but those working earn below a dollar a day. Pamela is a member of our church. She works as a house maid, her earning per month is 1,500/= ($20.82). She pays house rent of 800/= ($11.10) per month; the remaining amount cannot feed the family, buy water, or provide clothes for the children. It only takes a hand of God for survival. Children get out of school to the street in search of food from the garbage. Even though we have some toilets built by the N.G.O.s, they charge so high for slum dwellers to use them for they end up using the flying toilets. Most people are hopeless. When people look out on Kibera all they see is garbage, rusted shacks and hopelessness. When we look at Kibera through the eyes of Jesus we see people in need of Him, a saviour in their lives. These people are very welcoming and eager to hear about Jesus.

Meet Pastor Mike

Rev. Michael Igunza Ovotegah was born in a Christian family. His father was a pastor in "A Friend Quaker Church". Rev. Mike is the seventh child in the family of 12 children and gave his life to the Lord in 1990. His mother died at an early age when he was one and a half years old and Rev. Mike was mistreated by his step mother until when his father divorced her. Rev. Mike is now married to Matroba and they have four beautiful children: Brian, Victor, Faith and Mercy. Before joining the pastoral ministry, Rev. Mike served as a primary school teacher and worked as a head teacher and manager of the school for eighteen years. He heard a call from God to serve Him, so in 2004 he left teaching and became a full time minister. Though life was not so easy without a job, what he learned was to depend on God in everything for His provision, and he had full trust and faith in God. Nahum 1:7. Rev. Mike went to a bible training in Theology in 2001 and qualified with a diploma in pastoral ministry. He has also gone back to advance in theology. He has joined PAN AFRICA CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY. He needs your prayers in his ministry of serving God. God bless you. Pastor Mike leading worship as his son Victor plays keyboard

Welcome!

This is the first post to the new website for "Friends of Jesus Ministries". "Friends of Jesus" is an organization headed by Pastor Michael Igunza Ovotegah, devoted to spreading the gospel and caring for God's children across the beautiful country of Kenya. Check back in to get regular updates about what God is doing through this ministry! If you'd like to contact Pastor Mike by e-mail, you may reach him at: friendsofjesusministries@yahoo.com Thanks for visiting!